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>>james: i felt five physics have found out if enough so are a
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>> good morning let us check the traffic. really nothing to slow down roads within
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nice and easy conditions to approach to the bay bridge. just some metering lights to deal with. also the san mateo bridge looking decent through the nimitz. no problems at the 92 interchange. also just 30 minutes this hour. and at the golden gate really not that much fog or cloud coverage to contend with. overall, great conditions for those coming out of marin county. >> thank you, erica. with more news. 160 concerned vallejo residents packed the area of of the city commissioners meeting involving the police brutality. they fired over 30 rounds when they say that he tried to get out and didn't what looked like to be a gun it was just a pellet gun. they are
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disputing what happens but there were not able to respond to the audience because of the possibility of future lawsuits. legally they have to stay quiet about it. they have not received any information or his body. >> the basic questions have not been asked. i think it is just disgusting. and as vallejo as a city. >> police say they're ripping seven officer involved shooting. five of those shootings have been fatal. >> hundreds of people attending a vigil in lafayette. friends, family ahead mourning the loss of his body olson is believed to be drowned. reggie kumar
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has more details. >> this mile and a shine. >> family, friends lit up the baseball field on tuesday nigh to celebrate th human being of olson. thi dismal scrapbook of what happened to to be his snapshot of his life from childhood. they did not know if his neighb nephew was drinking before he was missing from the river. >> we did get separated it is a bit funny. and say you did not get separated. we will immediately he started immediately talking and met
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the new people. >> shane became friends with olson in middle school his friend was the life of the party. >> we are both not concerned with what was happening. and lafayette, reggie kumar, kron 4. >> the c h p killed on interstate 680 is being called a hero. even as this death with so tragedy. however, his organs are being donated and women are being incredibly touched by receiving his kidneys and liver. >> in former priest accused
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of molestation the president of this college prep schools saying that a started task used this tracing back to the 1960's, 1970's. he left the school in 1974. and ferran tin is not facing criminal charges. >> we will be back with more still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. mark zuckerberg. what he had to say to this crowd coming up, ne
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the unwelcome back. it is forit is 4:00 a.m.. mark zuckerberg addressed the public since the ipo he has kept a low profile with the stock decreasing at 50% the
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ipo was $38 yesterday it closed at $90. his comment was regarding the stock performance. >> the performance of the stock has of course been disappointing. we care about our shareholders and the commitment is that we're going to execute this mission. 22 office to build value over the long term. >> in a regulatory filing he will not share any of his facebook stock for at least one more year. he owns $440 million worth of shares and even has more stock options. >> and lee is declaring tech month. they could be introduced to new ideas being developed. also the city will be introduced new ideas mayor and lead that the influx of technology is also helping to generate job growth in san francisco that
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has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state. the digital production company from james cameron has filed for chapter 11 protection. the digital domain, media group. has agreed to sell itself to a private company. they created a hologram.. for the late toopach shakdur.. were behind the technology and the latestn o the west nile virus.
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>> new video from the chevron refinery fire that has injured residents. this is video. this first five minutes for the refinery fire caught fire on august 6th. we have speeded up the video. it is seven x normal
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speech just to give you an idea of what happened to. safety say that there are several questions about the faulty pipe at that site. >> we do not know why that decision was made at 2011 not to replace that pipe. by the time that accident occurred it lost 80 percent. we need to find out why that was not discovered earlier. and what to other refiners around the country need to learn. >> air officials are going to improve conditions because the existing system is not able to detect the amount of air truculence. >> 8.5% increase in west nile and including one he one person-a 25% increase. --with most people not knowing they have this.
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however, a woman has just been diagnosed with west nile. it could even lead to paralysis and death. and fortunately the woman is recovering. county officials will continued to fog on thursday evening. please be aware. 4:18 let us bget a check. >> good morning, change it is going to be warm and comfortable day. we will see a warm up. that could be the warmest day of the week. we are called in mid 90's with full details coming up in your 7 day around the bay. let us take a look at the current conditions. with significant cloud coverage and not only impacting the coast but also low lying clouds. and even for some of
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our inland areas. it looks like visibility will be a little bit worse than just one to four hours ago. half moon bay. visibility is impacted and it looks like later this evening a lot of that cloud coverage and fog will start to burn off. temperatures outside the door will be 40's and 50's. 50s in pleasanton. and as we take a look into those afternoon numbers a pretty warm afternoon with prewar compared to yesterday. sunnyvale--pretty warm--with cupertino. upper 80s once again for fairfield, concord. and pittsburgh. 90's in livermore. and right around the seasonal average in castro valley. and pretty
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mild to warm conditions for the east bayshore. '70s in berkeley. 60s in san francisco and 60s in ocean beach. your kron 4 7 day around the bay it shows that tomorrow we could be the warmest day. let us walk you through futurecast for tomorrow card which could also see upper 80s and even 60s in san francisco. as we go towards the afternoon highs check out fairfield, livermore with midnight knees. '70s in san francisco and also some mid- 90s--60s for livermore. the extended forecast showing 90's could continue for inland with upper seventies around the bay and 60s for the coast. it looks like the fog will make a comeback as we go for the later portion of this weekend. and a cooling trend expected. as far as traffic so far,
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pretty quiet with no hot spots. a quick bridge to check with pretty easy conditions. traffic is moving well from the east shore freeway. the west on 580 and portions of the nimitz. the san mateo bridge also looking decent tillites going foster city. i have been checking-tillite are g foster city the tail lights--are going towards foster city. and on the traffic maps plenty of the green on the bayshore and interstate 280. no extra time to timdrive time needed and also be some of the 101. >> the cable hand rolled that allow visitors to pull themselves up at yosemite will be added to the list of national register of historic places. they added
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this trail and cables last month to the national historic places they were installed by the sierra club in 1919 and they have allowed 400 visitors now per day. in the bay area over 1000 job-seekers showed up and deliver more job fair. yesterday people came from all over the bay area. 160 retailers are part of this new paragon outlets they are looking to fill 2000 jobs for the next couple of months. it is still under construction but good progress. the second jobs fair will be held in october. this output is expected to be opening in november. be aware if you are looking for extra holiday work. and for unemployment? the california unemployment rate equals 10.7%. the bay iraq a local county by county screen. marin county has the lowest
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in the state at only 6.7%. san mateo, 7%. and you see 7.6% and santa clara is nearly 8%. it could be more proof that the middle class is shrinking. a new economic report showing that this was a $57,000 drop of a median income. however the top 1 percent actually saw their income grow. and the wealth and income gap has been expanding for decades this trend however has accelerated during this economic downside.
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>> governor jerry brown will sign assembly bill 340 at iceremony. he will cap the salary cap for their retirement funds and also pressuring them to work longer. deportation if deep for datif--deportation work to increase? 44 percent have been impacted with 93 percent of those were crime related from mexico, central america including guatemala, honduras. by the end of august there had already been 366,000 deportations. >> decision 2012. and the presidential debates are just a few weeks away toward which candidates will have the upper hand? a new cnn
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and international poll shows that 59 percent think that president obama will have the advantage. 34 percent say mitt romney the first verbal debate is in denver on october 3rd. the obama administration is increasingly used armed droned to attack terrorists in the middle east. they say that they still struggle with that decision. >>reporter: 2 you struggled with this policy? >> absolutely. it is something you absolutely have to struggle with our most powerful tool over the long term is to reduce the threat of terrorism. and to live up to our values and to be able to shape public opinion and not just here but around the world. senseless violence. and it is important for the
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president and the entire culture of our national security team to continually ask tough questions about are we doing the right thing? are we abiding by due process? and set up structures and institutional checks to make sure that you avoid any slippery slope. >> drone strikes have resulted between 2600 people during the presidential a ministration it is four times during the bush administration. a 11% were civilians. capturing terrorists is preferable but not always possible because of the remote locations. also the target must meet tight and strict standards before being considered legal action. >> more headlines is 4:26 we
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will be morback with more. i do not know if that fog is going to stick around. we will give you an update, coming up.
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>> welcome back 4:29 police and antioch are investigating it. this shooting happened near sycamore drive. witnesses saw several men arguing. one man with a bullet wound and another that was shot turned up at a local hospital. both are expected to survive. investigators in santa clara have released this sketch. she was brutally stabbed with a sword in front of this walgreen's on august 13th they believe that her name was gale.. however,
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they have not been able to confirm with her last name. she spoke with a new york accent. anybody with a go additional reformation is requested to contact police with--more information
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>> welcome back. the iphone 5 is being released today. analysts expecting that there will be a larger display. and a four sh processor with faster. and a four-g processor. employees say that there is a vacation black out. perhaps that is when it will happen. expect
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that on september 21st. also it is likely to help new versions of the ipod and even the ipod miniature. >> of vallejo residence concern with the officer involved shootings packed the city commissioners meeting last night. when mario mariro.. was killed it looked like he was preaching for a gun when in fact it was a pellet gun. when he was--reaching for a gun the family is disputing what happened. the mayor and the city council are saying they cannot provide as much information because of the ongoing affirmation. we have not received information they are looking for they have not seen that the victim's body. more on that, later. >> hundreds of attending a vigil to remember bret colson the college students wasn
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chico. the sacramento river. his friends lost sight of him. a chp officer and 600 is being called a hero. even after his death. yungstrom.. has donated his kidneys his funeral services will be tomorrow. and america has the forecast. and beyond. >> good morning it is going to be another toasty day. with temperatures a bit
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warmer compared to what we saw yesterday. the warming trend will start tomorrow it could be the warmest day of the week. temperatures outside the door are in the 50s. waking up to 55 degrees in hayward. 87 degrees in mountain view. temperatures could get the low 90s later this afternoon. we could see the 70's, 80's with low-fifties. to start. tomorrow is expected to be the warmest day of the week with that warming trend continuing. that fog that we do see it will be situated along the coast. on futurecast by lunch we will see 60s for the heart of the bay. that yellow is indicating where record see a wide range of 70's. by 3:00 p.m. that orange is indicating 80s. '70s and '80s and los gatos 85 degrees. 78 in cupertino.
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we could see upper 80s in fairfield, concord with the 90's in livermore. and yes, a gorgeous weather expected to be comfortable in the north bay. it looks like novato could also experience a beautiful conditions with 66 degrees but look at the difference if you're going to ocean beach. temperatures could be in the upper 50s. your kron 4 7 day around the bay it shows that we will continue to say 90's for the next couple of days. a noticeable cool down with a latter portion of the weekend will be cloud coverage and morning fog. that could continue with this pattern and cooler temperatures for monday and tuesday as well. in the traffic center is still quiet. there are no hot spots. it is a pretty
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decent drive. to the approach to the bay bridge traffic is flowing smoothly. it looks like that drive is under 10 minutes. at the san mateo bridge i have been monitoring this camera shot. it looks like there is an increase in volume through foster city. other than that, no problems and all is well at the 10192 interchange. the golden gate showing a bit of cloud coverage but no issues with visibility. if you're coming out of the bottle of the visibility is only 2 mi. using the 101 out of-- novato... >> crime tracker with a rush up the local break-in's with 17 in palo alto in the last couple of days. this is between el camino real with 6 happened sep 5 in the
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stanford shopping district. also a parking garage was the same with the third se---another parking garage. and another two or broken into the parking garage o wednesday. the investigation continues. >> dozens of buildings were hit by vandals this is after an event that was designed to celebrate the graffiti art. >>reporter: this is on the corner of harrison/fourth is completely covered with graffiti tax and you can see dozens of acts of vandalism. they have had 15 acts of vandalism in just a few blocks. this was saturday night and early sunday morning. one property
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manager is estimating between 5000-$10,000. this was after this abandoned building it was a hot spot for graffiti artists. it was getting ready to be renovated. however, the building owner was provided more area for these handful of space to continue their graffiti arts however other a building suffered. >> this looks horrible and there is nothing artistic about it. >> that is why people they have a negative affiliation with graffiti. >>reporter: the owner of the building to say that he will take care of cleaning up the mess and they are trying to find the culprits that could face jail time
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maureen kelly, kron 4. >> much more coming up. with a live look. we will be back with more headlines.
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www.snowbomb.c, here is stanleys who found people behaving badly. this propane is crossing over railroad tracks but the driver is supposed to stop. that is why this officer is about to have a chat with the driver. >> do you know why you are being stopped. >> and he just kept driving. >> i'm trying to stop but it was a bit of a california stop i did however look both ways. >> the chp is cracking down.
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>> please sign. >> you know that when you were driving and if rocks hit your helmet truck drivers could be liable because this cover--this load should be covered because of those loose stones hitting your windshield. >> because of that although i am just telling this guy out. >> it is your responsibility to understand what the laws were. >> it is not because of the tarp one is because there is sand & gravel and those are the types of things that fall out and get into people's windshield or even
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could propel into the helmet of a motorcyclist. >> now he is wandering off. >> i want to see where you are coming from and where you are going. >> after this this is what he had to say. >> you are off the truck route it is not a moving violation but and the vehicles over 6,000 lbs. have to go to their business to the closest route possible. >> if you drive a truck i advised to be on your pc and queues. in livermore, stanley roberts, kron 4. >> still ahead on kron 4 is the third day of chicago strikes what is next for the teachers and students in the windy city.
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>> welcome back brf with visibility issues along 101 and half moon bay certainly drive with extra caution. there are no issues inland we are seeing 10 mi. before we see clear conditions and for those using interstate 80 in fairfield. as we check out the temperatures are expected for this afternoon. 60s and the 70's. a wide range. and a bit cooler the hospital toward--a bit cooler-
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towards this area. with the orange. and the '60s and '70s and milpitas. upper 80s is the store for fairfield, pit. with 90 degrees 87 degrees in walnut creek. a beautiful day in the north bay expected with berkeley could see certainly a bit cooler along ocean beach. dressed in layers your kron 4 7 day around the bay high- pressure in place with that range with a pretty warm day expected for the next several days. expect tends to be in the '90s. and expect--temperatures to be in the '90s. the high- pressure will start to break
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down. a resurgence of the morning fog and a cool down as we go towards monday and tuesday. checking the bridges. still pretty quiet the traffic is building we are still looking past the approach to the bay bridge. of the than that we will see other than that, 80s and drive. and at the san mateo bridge it is also moving decent in both directions. no problems through the nimitz freeway. for the north bay. the southbound it is smooth and easy. taking a look at the traffic maps. we are looking at areas of
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small areas that are slowing and the thenimitz freeway. looking at 23 minutes out of novato... onto national news teachers in chicago are expected to continue thousands have gathered outside of the school had pour headquarters. wx of the counter offers they
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are fighting for their students. >> the mayor cast his opinion. >> this is a strike of choice and it is wrong for the children. >> they are concerned about job sech an evaluation system based on standardized tests. >> i wish people would stop that standardized tests tell us anything other than the socio-economic background of more students. >>reporter: these issues can however be resolved. >> looking ahead we do not see a reason why we will not be able to solve this. and we have an urgency to solve this because.. other students parents have been scrambling. >> this couple of days i've spent $240 in day care. i am not happy and i do not think that most parents can afford that.
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>> that bo---bus monitor is now $700,000 richer karen klein of upstate new york this began in the month of june it. she was tormented and plead. with children and yelling at her. however, one of the person who generative that donations started a domino effect. >> i went to the store and people want to shake my hand. >> i am hoping that the children to get something out of all of this. i know i have. >> this week she has formally accepted that check. you can see with over seven vodka thousand dollars. she has launched an
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>> welcome back. bievoer is being considered for pro skating. >> coming up the apple is expected to be the iphone 5. we will be following that and friends & family remembering michelso and a new hotel is getting a new outlook but you are not core to be able to stay in it is just for the birds
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>> good morning the top stories that we are following september 12th we are just hours away from the highly anticipated iphone 5. a live report from the special event. >> and a developing story a u.s. ambassador killed and libya. monitoring the latest information. >> concerned residents packing the meeting in vallejo with city residents. >> weather and traffic with erica. >> good morning, james. we have pretty warm conditions as we go towards this afternoon but that is just the tip of the iceberg. tomorrow could be the warmest day. and we are focusing 50s with sunny skies. '70s and '80s were the most part. here is a
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quick preview of for these numbers are expected to go. '70s in oakland. livermore. and we will have more on your afternoon highs and what is on tap for tomorrow coming up. >> good morning and a good start. a quick commute check showing a light traffic. the celtics, the east bay or the peninsula. even highway no. 4. it is lighter than usual. we do not see any congestion. there are following the latest of u.s. compounds under attack in egypt and libya. with christopher stevens has been killed along with three other embassy staffers. they were killed on a rocket attack. this area was stormed by militants.
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president obama is condemning the attacks with additional security after ben gazi.. and neighboring cairo scaled the u.s. embassy walls and took down the u.s. american flag. this is ridiculing the police of mohammad beliefs-- >> this apartment fire in alameda near the 2000 block in pacifica. people were having difficulty getting out of that building. we do have the latest coming up with a news crew on the way. >> a man is recovering with
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gunshot wounds after a late night shooting in oakland. this was on west macarthur 10:30 p.m. last night. there were men reported that work off and running. >> the iphone 5 is going to be announced about that new phone today. will tran... good morning. >> good morning. they will make some sort of announcement. they are not officially saying that they are going to release this but it will happen at a place where historic plea they have launched other products before. if history repeats itself probably the new iphone will be a billable. here are some bullet points. the iphone 4 is 3.5 in. the screen however the new one will be 4 in.. and thinner and it's
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a better battery life. and also it will run on the 4 g if they do make that announcement the chances is that it could hit the stores in a couple of weeks. and if it gets to the stores next week it could kick off the holiday shopping season. the sales could be worth $3.2 billion. or even .5 percent of the gdp. quite an impact and we will cat word from the experts. >> just a couple of things i want to know is that is the battery charger the same. i want the same outlet. and also is syri.. the same? the virtual assistant.
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>> i would like to know about the applications. and perhaps they could have their own a mapping system. however with the recent disputes with google there is a lot to, but we to expect apple consumers to ask me. do you have any questions. and they say that we cannot answer that. if apple employees approached me and asking why have any questions they say that i cannot answer that question [laughter] >> concerned residents of body strength of officer involved shooting. this happened last sunday morning when ramiro.. was shot and killed. he fired 38 rounds
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into his car. the police claim that he was reaching for a gun however it was a pellet gun emma these basic questions have not been asked i think that it is just disgusting. and vallejo as a city. >> police said that they had a half had seven officer involved shootings. >> hundreds of people attending a vigil and lafayette to remember 20 year-old brett olson. friends and family the candles to celebrate the student's life. his body was found on sunday in a sacramento run for in chico. relatives spent weeks after these lost sight of him. during a party. they believe that he ground. >> we connected a immediately people were
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immediately concerned on his legacy. >> also the family is not upset at the friends that lost sight over labor day weekend. they do not know if his nephew had been drinking before he drowned in the river. >> a chp officer was killed on the 680 is being called a hero. even after his death canyon yongstrom donated canyo-- kenyan yongstrum... donated his organs his funeral services will be tomorrow in vacaville. >> facebook founder, mark
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>> welcome back. mark zuckerberg has made a public appearance at the first time, since the ipo. he spoke at a tech conference in san francisco. >> the performance of the stock has been disappointing. of course we care about our shareholders and the commitment that we made is that we're going to execute items that are going to build value over the long term. >> the stock is only $19 and the ipo was $38. he is
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saying that he will not sell his shares for at least one year. he has the option to purchase more however. we are watching their rest of wall street. the dow jones at 6:30 a.m. with a higher opening. after the europe rescue fund the germany high court is refused to block what is going forward. it will pave the way for other countries to ratify with a $63 billion bill of fun to fight the debt crisis. other european nations could borrow from that fund. and the federal reserve is beginning a today policy to begin if they are going to announce a stimulus. they have pledged to do this until 2014. and of course
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we're watching apple stock is higher. it has been impacted after the last couple of days with pre- iphone jitters. apple's stock has hit at $3.91. $664. >> 5:13 still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. new video from the chevron refinery in richmond. we will show you and how it unfolded, next.
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revenue video release from chevron refinery explosion. take a look. this is new video. the first five minutes when it caught fire on august 6th. we have increased this video speed.
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there are still a lot of questions about the faulty pipe. >> we do not know what that decision was made in november 2011 not to replace that pipe. we do know that it was losing 80% during the accident. however what to refineries need to know and learn from this. >> air district quality assurance are wanting to improve systems because it was not able to determine how many particular ends or pollution were people reading and. >> parka excellenc--particles bg in... >> a woman has been diagnosed with west nile and costar costa county. most people get better but the woman and ostracods costar, couy
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woman is recovering. and dr. costa county. . that woman and contra costa county is recovering who has been recently diagnosed with west nile virus. however some people could not even realize they have been infected. >> good morning, iraq appeare. erica--incidence
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through half moon bay, visibility is not that bad at s f o. and redwood city. crystal clear conditions in concord and fairfield. as we turn our attention the numbers. 50s for this afternoon and warmer conditions compared to what we saw yesterday. and mid 70's expected in mountain view. 77 degrees in santa clara. hayward and toasty day and livermore. 90 degrees. for the east bay shore pretty comfortable. '70s through berkeley and oakland and pat tillman kidding 70's. mostly clear skies through san francisco and a pretty chilly day will contend with cloud coverage
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with upper 50s certainly bring a jacket if you're going to go to ocean beach. your kron 4 7 day around the bay tomorrow could be the warmest day of the week. as a checkup futurecast this is for tomorrow by lunch. already getting to the upper 80s in livermore, fairfield, vallejo, and the san francisco. as we go closer for this afternoon by 3:00 p.m. we are all dirty topping mid 90's for livermore, fairfield, already---already topping mid-90s >> that cloud will make a return by sunday and we will experience a warming trend as the start of next workweek. >> george: so far, things are looking decent with lighter than normal conditions. an easy drive to the toll plaza and of the approaches through the macarthur maze. the san
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mateo bridge is also looking decent with a light start. with 10 minutes-11 minutes. through foster city. the golden gate. also fog free.. through marin county. looking at the drive in the east bay tracking that commute with 16 minutes to hercules and berkeley. walnut creek towards a double and and 24 minutes with already some slowing for the westbound dry. coming out of the tracy interchange. the south-bay with no delays with only 13 minutes from th capitol expressway to the mole montagquee... expressway. >> thank you, george we do have the numbers. the bay area is doing better with
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unemployment. the labor statistics showing that california i september 7th 10.7%. according to this recent report. however, marin county is only 6%. san mateo has the second lowest at only 7%. and santa clara is showing the unemployment at 7.6%. santa clara has had a big drop. with 11.7% just a couple of years ago and there are thousands of retailers out there hoping to staff this paragon shopping area. it is still however under construction but it is expected to open in the month of november.
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there is another job fair for the month of october for this area. >> a new report saying that the middle class could be shrinking.
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>> welcome back. this new report showing proof that the middle-class is in fact, shrinking. policy of statistics showing that this report found that the median household income dropped by 73 percent from 1983. and also the increase of wealth grew by 16%--from the 80s. also big differences saving for retirement. this showing that 60 percent of adults in their 20's and '40's are making regular contributions to their retirement. they also started saving earlier
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at age 26 compared to the baby boomers that did not start until the age of 35. half 65 percent of people between 18-22 think that they're going to be able to rely on social should carry the. and nearly 40 percent of teenagers think that they will just get inheritance. >> that must be nice. >> drivers hoping for a drop in gasoline prices are out of luck. let us take a look at the prices because of hurricane isaac there was an increase because of the gulf refinery operations were disrupted. analysts say that this is being impacted with the summer 15 it is the switch over from the summer blended to the winter blend. nationally, here is a look at the numbers. california
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and the average is $4.16. and we are looking at $4.24 per gallon at week would see an increase in popcorn. because of the summer drought analysts are expecting to reach at least 50% because of that light rain. movie theaters could not significantly hike their prices but the supply could be limited to the holiday season. and also drought conditions in packing the quality of the popcorn. >> coming up a recent rash of car violence car break-ins that-attack libya. of car violence car break-ins that-attack libya. the savings really stack up during sleep train's of car violence car break-ins that-attack libya. inventory clearance sale. save 10%, 20%, even 35% on a huge selection of simmons and sealy clearance mattresses. get 2 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic.
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>> welcome back let us check the weather with erica.
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>> good morning. yes we could see some warmer conditions today and tomorrow. as we turn our attention with current conditions mid '50s. 55 degrees in mountain view and hayward. taking a look at the weather headlines with 60s. we are expecting to see warmer conditions and continuing with warm weather. a full look at your your kron 4 7 day around the bay coming up. >> a quick commute check with no delays to the bay bridge. still looking decent. starting to see some slowing on the east bay on highway no. 4. and it has been sluggish but not that bad. still, however light conditions. >> we are following the latest conditions out of cairo and then cause thcausing
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that christopher stephens and embassy staffers were killed. and also a contractor is identifying the body. this happened when there were trying to leave the consulate building a working storm. and this was even takes place as high.. protest.. skilled walls. in the u.s. embassy area in cairo. they tore down the american flag and replaced it with an islamic. the profit mohaamed... home was
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ridiculed in this issue incident. the word is that libya has realized increased violence. >> of the element of many people were forced out of their homes after an apartment fire overnight. to get you more news faster, jackie. we still see those of flashing lights? >> yes it is still an active fire scene. complex near pacific avenue/chesnutt and elapid up. are around 1:00 a.m. they got a call of the fire. this was at the corner opposite because/just not. they saw heavy smoke and flames. they were also told by witnesses and passerby's that there could be people inside of the residence. as i mentioned,
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this is a 4-complex. once they gained access. they did discover that one person was inside. and that person was disabled. he was rescued by an alameda fire fighter. we spoke with the fire department captain. here is what he said. >> once we were arriving we noticed that the rescues were under way and we continued with the evacuation efforts for the occupants. the officer i did see him take personnel out. he carried that person down the stairs. >> the good use is that there were smoke detectors. i spoke with a fire fighter
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and he did here smoke alarms. that could have probably saved lives. as i mentioned earlier 15 people were living in side of this 4-block---four plex... the back of this unit however does look destroyed. obviously, a close call. and no injuries to firefighters. >> do you know where those displaced people are? >> this happened at 1:00 a.m. and right now we are trying to find out what happened to the people that were displaced. with those 15 residence displaced. >> we are going to take a number and wait we are waiting to find out what the apple iphone 5 is going to look like. it is expected to
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make a bid announce big announcement--today it is going to be slimer with a 4 inch screen and a faster internet browsing. they are concerned about the internet like. and battery-like in the internet experience. >> the big difference is battery life. that is going to last longer than any other phone that you have seen there is going to be a compelling argument. this is the better performing because of battery power. >> battery power is going to be an issue everybody would like a longer battery life. at 10:00 a.m. this morning we will have a live crew.
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hi >> good morning. there has been a rash of car violence in palo alto. between el camino real they started sep 5 ant the stamford shopping center and four more break ins and the garage however the thieves returned to the garage parking garage. burglarizing more. most of these happen to between 7:00 p.m.-9:00
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p.m. in the evening. >> and other headlines. the cost of family health insurance is jumping. and an increase that a historic low level. foundation premiums for a family has increased by 4% to $15,000. the possible reasons for this is including more families going without parental care because they cannot afford it and the increase and high deductibles. last year premiums spiked by 9%. >> fish oil oiis believed to be helping your help however, these have showed lower blood pressure and help with your heart.
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>> the u.s. ambassador was attacked and libya. and also, the latest from the iphone 5 and also out of
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alameda. jackie is reporting of an apartment fire. >> we have a wild fire to tell you about. they put this ou in walnut-walker county texas. after many people wereimpacted this is video >>this just in to the kron 4 news room with these flames that were burning. with 500 a. burned near huntsville. this is in texas. no injuries or damage to buildings but many people were evacuated as they had to get a handle on that fire. and heavy thunderstorms turned las vegas streets into reverse. hovering over intersections with--river-like conditions in las vegas. with a very busy intersection in las vegas. search and many people had to be
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rescued. this was 7 ft. high. also it knocked out power for at least a couple of hours. >> let us take a look our local forecast. >> good morning. a warm-up in deed. today is a great day to be out. and pretty comfortable as temperatures will be nearly even hot. focusing our attention on those numbers as of right now downtown san francisco is not that bad with 54 degrees. through san jose with upper 50s in oakland. mid '50s in oakland and san carlos and livermore also at 57 degrees. would you have low-lying clouds and fog to contend with particularly dense fog along the coast. issues of visibility with half moon bay and highway 101. just 2.5 mi.. and 3 mi. through santa rosa. check
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out napa. with just one half mile. certainly drive with extra caution. along the coast. the good news is that we are seeing clear conditions in fairfield, concord. and interstate 580. as we check out fog tracker 4 is shown by 6:00 p.m. we are looking for whites. cloud coverage for- widespread cloud coverage. we are also looking for clouds near the bay bridge. along the coast and other than that pretty clear conditions and a sunny conditions. temperatures will be a bit warmer. widespread '70s and '80s. it looks like los gatos and 70's in cupertino. with upper 80s and fairfield, livermore, and 90's in livermore. another beautiful
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day in novado and petaluma. 66 degrees expected in san francisco. your kron 4 7 day around the bay the high- pressure is firmly in place and it looks like that will continue to build as we go towards tomorrow. it could be one of the warmest days of the week. and mid 70's are run the bay and 60s for the coast. for the next 48 hours we could be contending with some significant allergy conditions. however that fog is expected to return on sunday with a cooling trend for the next workweek. >> good morning we continue to monitor a pretty decent dry. checking with the c h p and no hot spots. and no
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accidents and pretty-decent drive. here is a look at the bay bridge. with no delays it looks like only nine minutes out of the macarthur maze. the commute to the san mateo bridge a good drive westbound. still easy for marin county. love me update you on the east bay drive times. interstate 80 with just 15 minutes from hercules towards berkeley. elizabeth slow for highway for and antioch. 28 minutes the drive time from dublin to the ultimate pass. and slow conditions on the 101
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expecting that to clear 22 minutes between 37 and the golden gate bridge. >> thousands of teachers in chicago or expected to continue their strike. this is the third day. pace second day of negotiations ended yesterday without reaching any agreement. they have a long way to go with only six of the items were in agreement. the teachers are concerned about job security with standardized testing plan a bigger role. >> bay area baseball went late last night. starting with the knees. against the angels and dramatic fashion. koko crisp with 4-3. and 6-
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3. and with that the a's have had the fifth consecutive victory. now the lead at the wild card by two games. the 80s is one game better than the giants with 81 victories for this season. >> good news for the oakland athletics. one player was released from a bay area hospital. he was hit in the head with a line drive. this was from the angels camcame he had two hours of surgery.
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and now that is showing that he is probably done for the season. that was from the angels game. >> and the giants, for- nothing they're coming back with madison baumgartner. however, with a home run his second for the season. this is calling the game with that point brand in del. with a two-run double. and also he was brought and on a fielder's choice with a winning run. 9-8 endicott this the dodgers lost. with a 6 game lead in the national league west. a combination of victories with wins and losses by the dodgers. >> let us get you a quick update on the surf update.
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>> welcome back. if we are giving it the best seat in the house for the fleet week our expert flier, george rask. coming up as we continue. we are following a developing story out of a limit of. dozens of people forced out from overnight. and calling all users for the iphone we are live outside of their store in san francisco with the big announcement. and usually cars go inside of a garage
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